Lock for steering-gear of vessels



(N0 ModeL) G. H. TAYLOR.

LOCK FOR STEERING GEAR 0F VESSELS.

No. 320,510. Patented June 23; 1885;

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GORHAM H. TAYLOR, OF YARMOUTH, MASSACHUSETTS.

LOOK FOR STEERING-GEAR OF VESSELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 320,510, dated June 23, 1885.

Applicati -n filed September 11, 18. 4. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GORHAM H. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Yarmouth, in the county of Barnstable and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Lock for the Steering-Gear of Vessels, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to locking the wheel of a vessel in such a manner that when she'is ly- IO ing in port or in a calm, or when it is necessary for the helmsman to leave the wheel temporarily, or in various other contingencies which might arise, the wheel cannot be moved by any action of the sea or tide upon the rudder. I

15 accomplish this object by means of the mechanism shown in the drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows a side view of a wheel with one spoke embraced by the lock, and Fig. 2 a plan of the lock with a spoke shown in sec-' 20 tion. Y

A is the deck; B, a block or casting secured to the deck directly beneath the wheel D, said block having a dovetail or rabbet, E, into which a locking-block, C, may be inserted.

25 The block 0 has on its upper portion a groove to receive the end of a spoke, a, which groove may extend partially through the block, as shown in Fig. 2, or entirely through it, if desired, but the one shown I prefer, as being more easy to secure in place by means of a latch, bolt, or other well-known contrivance. My lock being of two separate parts can be easily and cheaply made. It requires no hinges GORH A H. TAYLOR.

WVitnesses:

ELMER W. HALLETT, WILLIAM J. DAVIS. 

